Emma Willard School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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THE GARGOYLE 1923 MARGARET MacGREGOR DAVIS Mount Unlon Pa Peggy Hockey Team Glee Club Cholr Gargoyle Board Athletnc Assocxatlon actlve Favors lo none To all she smrlcs extends Yes thus ns Peggy but not the Peggy of short smocked dresses and socks t IS the Peggy of the Semors unlform There remalns from those early days how ever a twmkle ln her eyes which IS a remnant of the many escapades of whlch we have heard tell We stlll suspect her of mlschrevous deslgns ln splte of her demure If we were asked what we would remember best about her we should answer that It would be her optlmlsm and her desxre always to do something that wlll make llfe a lxttle pleasanter for someone else Do you remember how well the old gurls party was managed3 Thank Peggy for there she showed her ablllty as general stage manager and director to say nothlng of her talent as an artlst ln that undertakxng she accomplished what she set out to do for there IS a strong backbone lh her makeup And Peggv can play hockey We won t soon forget our plucky lxttle halfback wlth the gally rlbbed stocklngs and purple head band who helped lead 23 to vrctory So let s glve a rousmg cheer for Peggy an all round glrl and one of whom 23 s mxghty proud ZZ C57 . . , if fini look, but we loye her the better for it. y w l

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1923 THE GARGOYLE KATHERINE STEWART COOK Troy New York Kitty Outdoor Basketball fSubl Trzanglc Board Secretary of Class Athletlc Assocxatlon Active good memory rs a royal possessron Kltty lnslsts she lsn t a cat' We all heartily agree wlth her for she IS always klnd cheerful and helpful never thmkmg unklndly of anyone or anything much less speaklng ln such a way Kltty IS the star student of the school IH classes as well as ln General In formation that dread ordeal of us all She must spend all her spare hours of whlch we know she has a great many because she finlshes her lessons for a day or two ahead ln such an amazingly short space of tlme ln readlng the Literary D1 gest the Outlook and the daily newspapers Kltty IS by no means a bookworm ln case you have recelved such ln lmpres slon As anyone can easlly see by glancmg at her bright rosy cheeked face she loves the out of doors and goes out for all sports summer and wlnter Before she came to llVC here wlth us thls year she used to come up every Monday for basket ball practlce Since Kltty has come to llve among us we have been able to know her better and to love her the more She IS always wllllng to help us all in our troubles whether they concern studies or other matters For thls reason and for many others be sides she wlll always have a warm place ln our hearts wherever she may go Oh' we almost forgot Kltty has an enormous appetite and a particular fondness for beans Z! cn . .. C .D UA . , lr u . , I 1 C

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1923 THE GARGOYLE KATHERINE DURKES Dlxon Ill Sklffy Athletlc ASSOClatlOn Actlvej Preparatory for Wellesley Mrschzef thou art a oot Take what course thou wrlt Sklffy halls from Dixon the best clty ln the Unxted States yes lt IS on some maps If you were to meet the people who llve there you would never want to llve anyplace else Some of them are celebrltxes such as students from Harvard Law School who seem to be speclallzlng ID the psychology of Say It wlth flowers But we all wxsh ohn the best success ln hls Sp6ClallZlng Sklf IS very talented IH any kmd of sewlng from clothes for a rag doll to her own dainty dresses She says that she lsn t domestlc and even lf she can cook one or two thmgs she doesn t llke lt But just walt tlme will tell The glrls who knew Sklffy an Allenwood wlll tell you that she IS very mls chlevous Everybody knew whom to accuse when ln the mxddle of the mght the rasplng nolse of a clock would sound through the stillness from the depths of a shoe bag or from under a mattress waking the whole household But no one could be angry when they heard her burst Into a gurgllng laugh at our dlscomflture With all her mlschlef Skrf IS one of the most consclentlous girls ln our class That IS the reason some see very little of her for she spends most of her tlme studying We allcould do worse than to take Sklffy as an ex ample for she IS always good natured and cheerful 2 C39 . ..c. ff-v f 3